Count-Down: Jersery #48

[DaveFan'51]

Today we'll start Back in the 1950's and forward.
At Jersey #48 - Don Doll: (1954)
I don't have any photos of him in uniform, But ..

I wanted to include him because he came to the Rams as a Vet, a 4 time Pro-Bowl man. and while he was here, in that one year, he had 5 Int's.

Next up, Our Biggest Name of the Day, Today, MLB/K - Hall of Famer- Les Richter: (1956-62)

An 8time Pro- Bowl man, It's surprising that he only played in 1 Play-Off game!

Few people seem to remember, aside from being, possibly, the Best MLB we ever had, he Kicked for us too, and scored a lot of points.

I'll never be able to figure out why it took until 2011 for him to get voted into the H of F !!

I thought I'd through this in here for the Fun of it!


Be right back, I have to re-Load! ( 4 more to come)

 

[DaveFan'51]

OK, My next Man FS - Bill Simpson: (1974-78)

Bill had 22 Int's in his career

He Played in 8 Play-off games and in those he had 6 Int's, for 137 yards, and 1 was for a TD!

and he played with a pretty good squad too!


Next up, TE Fendi Onobun: (2010-11)

Nothing special here.

And Next, Johnny Millard: (2014)

I'm not sure if he's even back this year!

And Lastly, Our current #48 ( Was#84) TE Justice Cunningham: 2014- )

I think he on the bubble, weather he makes it or not!

Well, that's it for me today! What do you have to add!? Comments!

 

[T-REX]

Corky Taylor DB-HB 1955-57

Matt Maslowski WR 1971

Bobby Humphrey DB-WR 1990

Tim Fox DB 1985-86

And finally a guy the RAMS picked up at the end of his career
hoping that he still had something left in the tank but it was empty.
40 Att. 177 Yds. He did put together some good seasons with the Redskins and Panthers.

Stephen Davis RB 2006

 

[DaveFan'51]

Here are the stats on these players, as far as I can find!

* DB - Don Doll - 1954

In his one season w/ the Rams he played in 12 games and had 5 INT's for 51 Yds. w/ a long of 26 Yds.

* MLB/Kicker - Les Richter - 1956-1962

It's just a shame in his day they didn't track Tackles, Assists, and Sacks like they do today!!
Our Hall of Fame MLB went to 8 Pro Bowls in his 9 seasons with the team. In his 112 games he also did some kicking for us, having %% FGA's / 29 FGM's w/ a long of 42 Yds. that's an aver. of 52.7% and he had 109 XPA's and had 106 XPM's that's 97.2%.

* FS - Bill Simpson - 1974-1978

In his 5 seasons he had 22 INT's for 391 Yds. w/ a long of 42 Yds. in his 72 games. Plus he had 1 Fumble and 8 FR's for 24 Yds.

* TE - Fendi Onobun - 2010-2011

He only played in 3 games and had 4 Targets w/ 2 Rec's for 15 Yds.

* DB/HB - Corky Taylor - 1955 & 1957

" I don't know why there is a gap in his playing years."
He played 2 seasons and in 12 games he had 26 rush att's for 95Yds. / a 3.7 aver. and 7 rec's for 47 Yds.

* DB - Tim Fox - 1985-1986

In his 2 seasons with the Rams he played in 20 games and had a total of 2 INT's for 8 Yds.

* RB Stephen Davis - 2006

In his 15 games he rushed 40 times for 177 Yds. / a 4.4 aver. and had 17 TGT's w/ 12 Rec's for 90 Yds. and 1 TD!

This isn't all the players from above^ but the others didn't have any recorded stats!!

 

[Leuzer]

A tribute video for Les Richter


Bill Simpson picks off the Cardinals and goes 65 yards for the TD in the 1975 NFC Divisional Game. (Click "Watch on YouTube")

 

[DaveFan'51]

A tribute video for Les Richter


Bill Simpson picks off the Cardinals and goes 65 yards for the TD in the 1975 NFC Divisional Game. (Click "Watch on YouTube")

Real nice post Leuzer!! As usual !!

 

[Farr Be It]

Our current #48 Travin Howard is in an uphill battle for a roster spot. Best to him!

A couple of notes from past # 48's in Ram history:

DNA tests are back. Bill Simpson sadly is NOT Johnny Hekkers father...

and finally, a note on Don Doll. After months of Locker-room abuse he was not able to turn his career around, even after changing his name to Don Actionfigure.

 

[Kevin]

I love these old time photos where the player dives or jumps for a ball, probably thrown by the photographer's assistant!

 

[ReekofRams]

I love these old time photos where the player dives or jumps for a ball, probably thrown by the photographer's assistant!

I can't tell for sure, but if that's his tongue hanging out, then Mr. Jordan wasn't the first.

 

[Karate61]

I don't think it's his tongue. Looks more like a huge zit!